Human Dignity
A Way of Living
$48.44
- Hardcover
300 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2016
Summary
Dignity is humanity’s most prized possession. We experience the loss of dignity as a terrible humiliation: when we lose our dignity we feel deprived of something without which life no longer seems worth living. But what exactly is this trait that we value so highly?In this important new book, distinguished philosopher Peter Bieri looks afresh at the notion of human dignity. In contrast to most traditional views, he argues that dignity is not an innate quality of human beings or a right tha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780745689012 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0745689019 |
| Author: | Peter Bieri, Diana Siclovan |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 231mm x 158mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
“An elegant and subtle exploration of dignity and what it means to lose it.” Nigel Warburton, author of A Little History of Philosophy “Human Dignity shows a rich and insightful exploration of the idea of human dignity from various angles and at several levels. Bieri carefully distinguishes dignity from other similar looking but really quite different concepts and deals with such important questions as how to live and die with dignity. This is an important book.” Bhikhu Parekh, House of Lords “An important and beautiful book, thoroughly worth reading.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
About The Author
Peter Bieri
Peter Bieri was born in Bern in 1944. He studied philosophy and classical philology and was Professor of Philosophy at Bielefeld, Marburg and the Freie Universität Berlin.
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